
The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
Nicole Sealey(Author)
Alfred A. Knopf (Publisher)
Published on 15. August 2023
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-593-53599-8 (ISBN)
Description
"In August, 2014, Michael Brown-a young, unarmed black man-was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and practices that have become commonplace-from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant violence directed at the Black community. It is a report that remains as disheartening as it is damning. Now, acclaimed poet Nicole Sealey revisits the investigation in a book that redacts the report, an act of erasure that reimagines the original text as it strips it away. While the full document is visible in the background-weighing heavily on the language Sealey has preserved-it gives shape and disturbing context to what remains. Illuminating what it means to live in this frightening age and what it means to bear witness, The Ferguson Report: An Erasure is an engrossing meditation on one of the most important texts of modern time"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-53599-8 (9780593535998)
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Nicole Sealey